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Data Scientist - Cybersecurity Analyst (Position located in Cheltenham, United Kingdom)

KnowBe4
Cheltenham
1 month ago
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Careers Page:https://www.knowbe4.com/careers/locations/york
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The Cybersecurity Threat Analyst works in the KnowBe4 Threat Research Lab, and is responsible for creating solutions and models to detect threats in KnowBe4’s target markets and products.

To learn more about the product this position deals with - click here:https://www.egress.com/products

Responsibilities:

  • Analyzes threat data and implements technical solutions
  • Innovate and create extensions to detection paradigms in end to end fashion
  • Reviewing, understanding and reverse engineering phishing attacks and technologies.
  • Understanding and implementing broader attack vectors.
  • Developing detection algorithms (python, c#) and extracting identifying features of phishing emails.
  • Understanding human behaviour and communications, and how they can be exploited by attackers
  • Using machine learning to identify broader phishing trends and how to protect against them

Requirements:

  • BS or equivalent plus 2 years experience
  • MS or equivalent plus 1 year experience
  • Experience with phishing
  • Statistical analysis skills
  • Intermediate Python and C# abilities
  • Demonstrable experience in being able to quickly learn and adapt to new areas of technology
  • Ability to think outside the box and/or think maliciously to deliver creative solutions.


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